Mslexia Magazine
Literary Magazine
The UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: / 79 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays£30
Find more details in the Genres section
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
1
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 2200 words max
Max words: 2200
Max pieces: 2
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction
Payment: £ 30
Nonfiction - 800 words max
Max words: 200
Max words: 800
Max pieces: 2
Poetry
Max lines: 40
Max pieces: 4
Hybrid
No specific limitations
Interview
Photography
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
All entries are read anonymously, so please do not put your name or contact details anywhere on the text pages of your entry. (This information should be restricted to your online Entry Form or to a cover sheet for postal entries.)
Eligibility
Women and other marginalized genders
Mslexia was set up to support women writers and to showcase their work. We welcome submissions in English or English dialect. The majority of our submission categories are open to anyone who self-identifies as a woman, regardless of background or location. However, some of our more popular slots are reserved for subscribers only.Formatting
The file types we accept are: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf, .txt, .pages, .odt. We do not accept image files, .jpg, .png etc.
Author's rights
If your work is published in Mslexia, we are happy for you to reprint it on your own website or social media, or submit it for possible publication elsewhere, provided this occurs after the original date of publication in Mslexia, and provided Mslexia is credited as follows: ‘This piece was originally published in Mslexia, the magazine for women who write, mslexia.co.uk’.
Additional info
If you have submitted to one of our other submission slots, we will contact you again only if we want to publish your work.
Tracker statistics
51
Total submissions tracked
79 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
12 days
Fastest response time
233 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1185 days, 1185 days
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About
Welcome to the magazine for women who write. Read by top authors and absolute beginners, Mslexia is a quarterly masterclass in the business and psychology of writing. What’s new in creativity and publishing, expert advice and inspiration, debate and opinion, extraordinary poetry and prose, plus uni...
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Debbie Taylor
Editor-in-Chief